Police on alert after man seen lurking near Mariemont school

11:16 AM,
Feb. 14, 2014

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Police in three eastern Hamilton County communities are on alert after a suspicious driver has been seen lurking around Mariemont Elementary School.

Officers in Fairfax, Mariemont and Terrace Park have stepped up patrols after a white man in his 40s with heavy tattoos was seen driving an older model green SUV or van around the Wooster Pike school a few times over the past month.

He pulled up alongside a girl walking home from class about 3 p.m. Jan. 24 and, last week, students playing on a jungle gym on the school grounds during a calamity day noticed the distinctive vehicle in the parking lot. ...